First, many thanks to those who bought raffle tickets- Dougfish, Croaker, Stone-Man and Jfey. Second, time is winding down. I have about 11 days left to sell tickets on a Jackson CUDA 12 fishing kayak or a YETI 65 cooler to support Fayetteville-Fort Bragg Project Healing Waters.

As I am moving back north this summer, this is my last year with the Fayetteville program. I am trying to go out with a bang by raising $1000 in ticket sales. 100% of the proceeds supports this charity on a national level. It contributes to getting thousands of disabled veterans and combat wounded service members involved in our sport.

I ask you to take a moment and watch this video. The people in it are friends of mine that served from the Vietnam era up to the current Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. Let them tell you what PHWFF means to them.

If you would like to buy tickets, I can do a check for the next few days via mail, or you can do paypal. I will complete your tickets for you and text you an image of the completed tickets. I just need a proper name and a phone number. You can PM me or message me on facebook messenger.

What if you win?If you are in NC, southern VA, east TN or northern SC, I'll deliver it. Otherwise, we'll figure something out.

I’m 100+ pages into Stephen King’s, “The Stand” — one long book this will be. 1400+ pages if I’m not mistaken.

Another good one. Probably my favorite of King's stuff, and I've read about all of them.

If any of you have never read Ron Rash, pick up one of his collections of short stories, or a novel like The World Made Straight, One Foot in Eden, or any of the others. He is one of the best voices of Appalachia.

I’m 100+ pages into Stephen King’s, “The Stand” — one long book this will be. 1400+ pages if I’m not mistaken.

It's one of King's best imo.

That's what I keep hearing and reading. I've tried a few times to get into it and failed. It's looking a bit more promising this go around. I have the extended and uncut version which is much longer than the original after it was edited down to 800-some pages.

Does anyone know what you should do if one is caught ? I watched the news release and they did not discuss what to do if you did. I normally practice catch and release, I did catch one last year on the South Holston.